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Not on the CD box listing at Amazon. Here's what the LP version says: "Part of the vinyl Verve collections, the Dinah Washington boxed set contains a selection of each artist’s best-loved albums on 180g vinyl in sleeves that replicate the original artwork. Dinah Washington was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s"." Good to know she was an American singer and pianist. I suppose there's an outside chance the CDs have some additional material, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Nice to see some signs of life from Verve. The first two are being released tomorrow (December 22): Release date February 2; "This 4CD set includes I’ve Got the World on a String, Louis Under the Stars, Louis Armstrong meets Oscar Peterson with bonus tracks for each. Additionally, digital album, A Day With Satchmo, will be available on physical format for the first time. These three Louis Armstrong albums & much more, all recorded during an extraordinary few days in August & October 1957, resulting in some of Pops’ best material, a legendary artist on a legendary label": Release date February 9: And release date February 23; "For the first time, all of Ella & Louis' classic duets are in one place. This 4CD set gathers their timeless three Verve albums newly remastered versions of Ella and Louis, Ella and Louis Again and Porgy and Bess combining them with their eight Decca singles, live recordings from Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl plus several alternates & false starts from the Decca & Verve eras, illuminating their craft & good humor. The set also includes an extensive essay by Ricky Riccardi":

Yeah, try not to pay more than $50 for the CP Records box. As for "Bird Is Free," that's 9 tracks from the Rockland Palace concert. The complete concert, in far better sound and pitch-corrected, can be found on this release:

"For Dave's Picks Vol. 26, we're heading back to the Fall of 1971, when Pigpen was home resting, and Keith was a month into his tenure with the Grateful Dead, for the complete show on 11/17/71 in Albuquerque. This was the Dead's first show in New Mexico, and they welcomed the welcoming New Mexican crowd with some of the best music they played in all of 1971. The 15-song first set is only outdone by the spectacular second set, featuring one of the most powerful and intense versions of "The Other One" you'll ever hear, as well as a "Not Fade Away" that rivals the one played two nights earlier on 11/15/71 in Austin. Add to this that CD 3 is rounded out with half of the 12/14/71 show in Ann Arbor (with Pigpen back on stage!), and the 2018 Dave's Picks Subscribers' Bonus Disc features the other half of 12/14/71, and you have a release featuring two of the best shows of the second half of 1971." - David Lemieux

Here's a mild bargain - the lowest price I've ever seen for this. $73.10 on Amazon:

This is cool! I wonder what else is out there.

Thanks for the reminder. I've donated again.

FYI, I just received a notice that an update is available for my AirPort Express.

7 CDs. Release date February 2:

Keely Smith, the iconic singer/performer known for her many solo recordings as well as her musical partnership with first husband Louis Prima died in Palm Springs, CA on Saturday, December 16. She was 89 and under physicians’ care at the time of her passing from apparent heart failure. See: http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/17/iconic-vocalist-keely-smith-dies-from-apparent-heart-failure-at-89/

This info was in the liner notes of this two-fer, which is how I first heard the session:

There is no honor among thieves.

No, I haven't either. I've been especially disappointed with the lack of bargains on those Classical "bricks" - I'm just not seeing those deep discounts. I'm hoping that prices will drop after the first of the year, as they do post-holiday inventory clean outs. As for jazz, heck, I'm not even seeing any releases! No new Verve boxes, Sony...nuthin'!

Cool! To be fair, if the OP is only interested in another AirPlay receiver, the device I linked to would do the same at around the same price, and with a lot less bother.

Can this send or receive an AirPlay stream?

Now up to $204.90.

I use two Airport Expresses, of varying vintages, and two Apple TVs (ditto), and one device that has AirPlay connectivity built-in. I used to sometimes have problems with connectivity, but found that the latest Comcast router has made things a lot better - if you have Comcast, you should check with them, as I think you can swap out your router at no cost. Otherwise, just keep your AEs up to date - make sure you apply updates to them and your other devices. And sometimes it just helps to unplug them and plug them back in. Old school, but it can work. You also asked about alternative devices. Last year's Apple TV had an optical audio out, but the newer ones do not. There are third-party AirPlay receivers, such as this: https://www.amazon.com/ANEWISH-Wireless-Receiver-Airplay-Adapter/dp/B01N5FOVAJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1513311806&sr=8-3&keywords=airplay+receiver

Happy happy!

Hope you get through it OK. That's not the kind of smoke you want.

RIP. He profoundly changed the way I heard the role of drums.

I hope he gets better soon. A giant in the field.

RIP.

That, and also this: